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Nation Building
commentary
The Year of the Arab Spring
Charles P. Ries @charles_ries
Dec 20, 2011
GlobalSecurity.org and The RAND Blog
The Arab Spring demonstrated that leaderless revolutions are difficult to repress or co-opt. Unfortunately, it is also true that leaderless revolts find it difficult to make transition to authority, writes Charles Ries.
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International Diplomacy
commentary
Bahrain Protests: A Point of No Return for Ruling Family—and Obama
Frederic Wehrey
Feb 23, 2011
Christian Science Monitor
The only route out of the current impasse may be a fully functioning and pluralistic parliament like the one that enabled Bahrain's golden days, writes Frederic Wehrey.
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Bahrain
commentary
In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?
Frederic Wehrey
Dec 15, 2006
Arab Reform Bulletin
Published commentary by RAND staff: In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?, in Arab Reform Bulletin.
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